Columbus pays $225,000 to man involved in beating by group of officers during 2017 arrest, after judge reverses jury verdict that found no officer or city liability and allows retrial.
Under the settlement, the city and the eight defendant officers in the case — Matthew Baker, Sean Connair, Eric Everhart, Anthony Johnson, LeVon Morefield, Robert Reffitt, Ryan Steele and Alan Bennett — will make no admission of liability and will be released from all claims connected to the incident. The settlement avoids another trial, along with potential punitive damages and attorney fees.
"You know, you see eight officers and one individual, I think it probably does raise some red flags with folks," Favor said. , saying a complete jury verdict in favor of the officers"is against the clear weight of the evidence." Marbley found that as more officers arrived on the scene, the police should have reasonably been expected to reduce the amount of force being used against Davis.
"The force never relented to give a reasonable chance to comply. had as little as one second between Officer Bennett’s Taser cycles in which to regain control of his muscles and comply with commands. Similarly, Officer Baker left Plaintiff less than one second between knee strikes in which to give up his hands," Marbley stated in the ruling.
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